Shipping warning after collision

RAF crews were scrambled from Wattisham Airfield

Great Yarmouth coast guard is urging shipping off the east coast to take extra care in foggy conditions after a fishing boat sunk following a collision.

The crew of a fishing boat had to be rescued after they hit a coaster.

The six-man trawler called the Goodrum sank in the accident shortly before 1800 BST on Saturday.

An RAF Search and Rescue helicopter from Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk took the crew members to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in Norwich at about 2000 BST.

The men are thought to be suffering from shock, and cuts and bruises.

The collision took place about 30 nautical miles off the coast of Great Yarmouth.

The surviving vessel has damage above the water-line but after being checked by the Gorleston Lifeboat, was given the all-clear to continue to the River Humber at about 2000 BST.